Lockheed Martin Corp., Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems.

Lockheed Martin Corp., Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $6,544,088 cost-plus-fixed-fee award term contract for engineering services for fixed surveillance systems. The purpose of this contract is to provide SPAWAR PMW-181 the technical and engineering services to support the U.S. Navy and Defense Department for the Fixed Surveillance Systems of the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) Program. Support for these systems will be performed at various sites and platforms in the United States and overseas locations. The scope of work will include technical and engineering services to support design, development, integration, testing, installation, logistics, life cycle support, training, and documentation of fixed surveillance sensor systems. This contract includes options, which if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $72,044,450. This contract is made under an "award term" provision. Those provisions will award or remove options based on performance criteria. Performance will be evaluated semi-annually and excellent performance could extend the potential period of performance by up to ten years. The total amount possible if all award terms are exercised is $270,132,362. Work will be performed in Greensboro, N.C. (40%), Manassas, Va. (30%), and other IUSS installations throughout the world (30%), and is expected to be completed by September 2005. This contract was competitively procured via the SPAWAR E-commerce web site and via the Commerce Business Daily, with one offer received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-01-C-2231).